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This book presents the natural, environmental and scenic richness of the world’s coastal and marine areas classified by UNESCO as “Natural World Heritage Sites”. Representing well-preserved areas of exceptional significance to the planet and to humankind, they include a total of 49 marine sites, formed by reefs, atolls and gulfs, and 35 coastal sites in all oceans and all continents with exception of Antarctica. They are being protected and preserved from most degrading uses for future generations as an important legacy from the past. Exploring their richness, this book analyzes and explains these sites in a clear, understandable, scientific way, and is of interest to all who work in or care about the geosciences, environmental sciences and biosciences.

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Author:   Vanda Claudino-Sales
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019
Volume:   28
Weight:   1.289kg
ISBN:  

9789402416480

ISBN 10:   940241648
Pages:   602
Publication Date:   03 January 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Part I - World heritage on continental coasts   Africa 1. Banc D´Arguin National Park, Mauritania 2. Nambid Sand Sea, Namibia 3. Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, Senegal 4. Cape Floral Region Protected Areas, South Africa 5. iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa   Asia 6. The Sandarbans, Bangladesh and India 7. Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park, the Philippines Central America 8. área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica 9. Rio Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras 10. Darien National Park, Panama   Europe 11. Stevens Klint, Denmark 12. High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago, Finland and Sweden 13. West Norwegian Fjords - Geiran-Gerfjord and Nærøyfjord, Norway 14. Danube Delta, Romania 15. Donãna National Park, Spain   North America 16. Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Canada 17. Miguasha Natural Park, Canada 18. Mistaken Point, Canada 19. Kluane/Wrangell-St Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek, Canada and United States of America 20. Sian Ka’an, Mexico 21. Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino, Mexico 22. Everglades National Park, United States of America 23. Olympic National Park, United States of America 24. Redwood National and State Parks, United States of America   Oceania 25. Kakadu National Park, Australia 26. Ningaloo Coast, Australia 27. Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia   South America 28. Península Valdés, Argentina 29. Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves, Brazil 30. Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves, Brazil   Part II - World coastal heritage in islands, gulfs and reefs Arctic Ocean 31. Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve, Russia   Atlantic Ocean 32. Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas, Brazil 33. Gros Morne National Park, Canada 34. Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark 35. Surtsey, Iceland 36. Laurisilva of Madeira, Portugal 37. Gough and Inaccessible Islands, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 38. Saint Kilda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland   Indian Ocean 39. Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles 40. Socotra Archipelago, Yemen   Pacific Ocean 41. Fraser Islands, Australia 42. Great Barrier Reefs, Australia 43. Lord Howe Island Group, Australia 44. Shark Bay, Australia 45. Tasmanian Wilderness, Australia 46. Malpelo Fauna and Flora Park, Colombia 47. Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica 48. Galápagos Islands, Ecuador 49. Lagoons of New Caledonia, France 50. Ogasawara Islands, Japan 51. Shiretoko, Japan 52. Phoenix Islands, Kiribati 53. Archipiélago de Revillagigedo, Mexico 54. Islands and Protected Areas of Gulf of California, Mexico 55. Te Wahipounamu South-West, New Zealand 56. Rock Island Southern Lagoon, Palau 57. Coiba National Park and the Zone of Marine Protection, Panama 58. Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russia 59. East Rennel, Solomon Island 60. Henderson Islands, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 61. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, United States of America 62. Papahānaumokuākea, United States of America   Southern Ocean 63. Heard and McDonald Islands, Australia 64. Macquarie Island, Australia 65. New Zealand Sub-antarctic Islands, New Zealand   Caribbean Sea 66. Belize Barrier Reef System, Belize 67. Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, Cuba 68. Desembargo del Granma National Park, Cuba 69. Pitons Management Area, Saint Lucia   China Sea 70. Ha Long Bay, Vietnam 71. Yakushima, Japan 72. Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tube, Korea Mediterranean Sea 73. Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola, France 74. The Aeolian Islands, Italy 75. Ibiza, Spain   North Sea 76. The Wadden Sea, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany 77. Dorset and East Devon Coast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 78. Giants Causeway and Causeway Coast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland   Red Sea 79. Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay - Mukkawar Island -Marine  National Park, Sudan   East Indian Archipelago 80. Komodo National Park, Indonesia 81. Lorentz National Park, Indonesia 82. Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra, Indonesia 83. Ujung Kulan National Park, Indonesia 84. Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, Philippines

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Vanda Claudino-Sales is a geographer who holds a PhD in Environmental Geography from the Sorbonne University, Paris, and a post-doctorate in Coastal Geomorphology from the University of South Florida, USA. She is a retired professor of the Department of Geography of the Federal University of Ceara and a visiting professor at the Department of Geography of the State University of Acarau Valley, in Brazil. She was a visiting professor at the Department of Geography at the Sorbonne and at the Coastal Laboratory of the University of South Florida. She is Vice-President for South America of the Coastal and Educational Research Foundation – CERF. She also participates in environmental activism in Brazil. Her research focuses on geoscience, coastal geomorphology, megageomorphology and geoconservation. 

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